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1. Texas RenFest 2011: Yes, They Had No Wildfires; Go! It’s Great… We didn’t make opening weekend of the Texas Renaissance...
2. It’s That Time of Year Again: Texas RenFest Date Set… After mind-altering, tough negotiations that lasted less than 30...

We didn’t make opening weekend of the Texas Renaissance Festival this year, but we got there as quick as we could. Only to run into a big ol’ batch of pirates. It was Pirate Adventure Weekend! The opening show was stuffed with silliness, and the only thing missing was a crowd. Attendance was down, [...]

1. It’s That Time of Year Again: Texas RenFest Date Set… After mind-altering, tough negotiations that lasted less than 30...
2. Burger Follies: A Fight Over Killer Burgers, In-N-Out in Texas, and Burger America Goes Second Edition This entry is part of a series, Follies 2011» Extreme-sized...

After mind-altering, tough negotiations that lasted less than 30 seconds we now have set the date for our annual family outing to the Texas Renaissance Festival: We’re going on October 22. It’s a long day, starting before 5 A.M. and ending sometime short of midnight; at least it’s traditionally that. I do the driving [...]

1. Bye-Bye Lamar, Hello Lamar: The Trip Home to Texas With all the celebrating and visiting over, it was...

Okay, our post of a couple of days ago about croquettes has now been upstaged. There’s a new kid on the block, and it ain’t no fish tale either. No, this one’s much more dangerous, and wacky to boot.

I’m talking fried Kool-Aid. Little deep-fried balls with kids’ drink inside; a croquette, according to the [...]

Last evening we went to a special event. The Catholic high school in Seguin has a tradition of delivering great one-act plays; they’ve been to State competition several times, and this year will make three trips in a row. Maybe they have an unfair advantage or two. Like truly engaged teaching and coaching. Parents [...]

Okay, so you can’t make it to New Orleans for the celebrations. You can still have fun at your place! Tuesday evening you can celebrate in style, as befitting a proper Fat Tuesday. You can go back on your diet the next morning, on Ash Wednesday.

So, what plans have you made? We’re still considering [...]

Last night was the kickoff of the 2010 edition of the Wurstfest, in one of my all-time favorite towns, New Braunfels, Texas. Even more special, this year is the 50th anniversary of the Celebration of Sausage! Plenty to do, with dancing, drinking, eating, drinking, polkas, drinking, melodramas (Harry Potwurst and Order of the Opas; [...]

One of the most embarrassing moments is life occurs when you decide to dump a lover. Especially if the romance has gotten all the way to the fiancée stage. (Second most embarrassing: Going to a party with your spouse and having her introduce you as her “first husband.” Take it from an expert, that [...]

When the boss is away the cows will play. At least that’s the way I heard it. Who’s the boss, exactly? My mother-in-law. She’s on a train trip to Cleveland (I don’t know why they couldn’t pick a more exotic locale), and she made the mistake of leaving us put my wife in charge [...]

Bacon has seen an explosion of interest in the past few years. Naturallyl, it never went completely out of favor. After all, anything that’s used to make filet mignon taste better can’t disappear! Recently, though, there’s even been shome spot shortages of the tasty strips of heavenly flavor.

Well, that’s all behind us now. We’ve [...]